31986R1550

No L 136 / 22 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 5 . 86

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1550 / 86 of 22 May 1986 on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , 3826/ 85 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European followed to determine the resultant costs ; Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 / 82 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid in accordance with the opinion of the Management management and amending Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals , 2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Article 1 market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof, The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures supply of food aid to ICRC, the Commission allocated to in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No the latter organization 1 096 tonnes of cereals to be 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the said supplied cif ; Annex hereto . Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Article 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/ 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and following its publication in the Official Journal of the rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 22 May 1986 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 352, 14 . 12 . 1982, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118 , 7. 5 . 1986, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980 , p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12 . 1985, p. 1 .

23 . 5 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 136/ 23

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1986 2 . Recipient : CICR — Attn . Mme Hock — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH 1211 Geneve 3 . Place or country of destination : Gaza and Cis Jordan 4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5 . Total quantity : 800 tonnes (1 096 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one (in two parts : A : 350 tonnes/ Gaza — B : 450 tonnes/ Cis Jordan) 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (Telex : 24076) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : flour of fair and merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests, which produces dough which does not stick during the mechanical kneading process ; the flour shall have the following characteristics : — moisture : 14 % maximum (ICC Method No 110) — protein content : 10,5 % minimum (N x 6,25 terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105) — Hagberg falling number of at least 180, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60 seconds (ICC Method No 107) — ash content : 0,62 % maximum , referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104) 10 . Packaging : — new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less that 120 g, which have been specially treated against the effects of ultraviolet light (in 20-foot containers) — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags : a red cross 15 x 15 followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high : A : 350 tonnes— ' ISR-26 GA / WHEAT FLOUR / ACTION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / ASHDOD ' B : 450 tonnes — ' ISR-26 / WB / WHEAT FLOUR / ACTION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / ASHDOD ' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12 . Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Ashdod 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply cost : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 3 June 1986 16. Shipment period : 20 June to 15 July 1986 17 . Security : 15 ECU per tonne

Note : Since the goods may be rebagged the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital ' R '.